Google Earth this place and you will see the closest thing to kitesurfing paradise this side of the Outer Banks. North winds are onshore here. 1.5 hours door to door. Makes you wonder what it would be like ripping downwind from Gulfport to Cat Island - and have someone in an inexpensive john boat waiting to pick you up and take you back to the mainland.

Of maybe Mississippi should build a bridge to one of their barrier islands...

46 degrees when I was pumping up an old (but in great condition) Naish X4 12m - 3/2 fullsuit with a hood - nicely powered - awesome session! It did warm up nicely. BUT NO PICTURES TODAY - after I came in for a break, I rigged the GoPro, launched and the wind died. Better luck next time (or I should have rigged it from the start). I did get several large jumps in (but no photo evidence this time).

And to top it off - the last road on the way to the Western part of the island (where we were kiting) is named Velasco - destiny!!!

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Random rantings and ravings of the latest items of interest to me and those closest to me.

To include (but certainly not limited to) anything in the realm of heat accumulation - wind driven - gravity wave sinusoidal energy transfer (surfing in its multiple permutations), observing and catching nature's eye candy (fish, crustaceans, cniderians, mollusks and other living jewels from the sea), and the things I may be doing at the time in question.

Tie on a fly, grab your paddle, wax up your board, strap on your fins and enjoy the ride!!!